Antenna for thoracic radio interrogation
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1. An antenna comprising:
- an antenna layer,a ground layer anda dielectric layer between the antenna layer and the ground layer, each of the antenna layer and the ground layer forming a figure in the shape of two identical mirror image polygons joined together at a longest side of each one of the polygons, at least three sides of each polygon being of a different length.
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Abstract
An antenna includes an antenna layer, a ground layer and a dielectric layer between the antenna layer and the ground layer. The antenna layer and the ground layer form a figure in the shape of two identical mirror image triangles joined together at a longest side of each one of the triangles where each side of each triangle is a different length.
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1. An antenna comprising:
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an antenna layer, a ground layer and a dielectric layer between the antenna layer and the ground layer, each of the antenna layer and the ground layer forming a figure in the shape of two identical mirror image polygons joined together at a longest side of each one of the polygons, at least three sides of each polygon being of a different length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 3. The antenna of claim 3 wherein each triangle is a right triangle.
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17. A method of radiating an interrogation signal into a patient comprising the steps of:
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configuring an antenna to have a return loss better than −
10 dB when the antenna is proximate to the patient;placing the antenna proximate to the patient; and exciting the antenna with the interrogation signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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